December 15,2022

Dear Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Member:

       

Happy Holiday Season.

Have a Happy New Year.

We hope 2023 is a great year for you.

We hope 2023 is a great year for you.

August 24, 2022, Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter Endorsements  

Retirees ($36.00 Department Members) will have the opportunity to vote for the following officers: President, Legislative/Political Director, Human Relations Director, and the Retiree Department Director.

Ballots will be mailed during the period of September 10 through September 15 of an election year.

Every retiree is encouraged to vote in the 2022 National APWU Elections.

2022 SWCAL Retiree Chapter Endorsement Completed at Retiree Meeting on 8/24/2022.

President
John L. Marcotte, Gaylord Local (MI)

Legislative/Political Director
Thomas Benson, Lake Geauga Area Local (OH)

Human Relations Director

Daleo Freeman (I), William H. Burrus, Cleveland Area Local, #72 (OH)

Retiree Director
Nancy E. Olumekor (I), Nation’s Capital Southern MD Area Local (MD)

** Western Region Retiree National Delegate Dr. Pat Williams was unopposed and therefore elected.  Her home Retirement Chapter is Greater Los Angeles Retiree Chapter.

Retiree Chapter General Meeting Wednesday, August 24,2022.

We currently have 221 members.  We normally meet four times a year.  The meeting location is Denny’s located at the corner of Tustin and Lincoln in the city of Orange, Denny’s1695 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865.  The next scheduled meeting for the SWCAL Retiree Chapter will be Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at 11 AM.

National APWU elections are happening.  Ballots are due in early September.  You will have an opportunity to vote for the National President, Legislative/Political Director, Human Relations Director, and Retiree Director in September of 2022.

Your Retiree Chapter reviewed the candidates for these four positions.  We will vote and decide who to endorse.

Thank you and be well, Bobby Donelson.

July 2022 Retiree Chapter Meeting

Constitution Amendment
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATION

Southwest Coastal Area Local, APWU

WHEREAS, as the mothers and fathers of the American Postal Workers Union, retired members are a storehouse of knowledge, battle-tested experience, and wisdom to be utilized as a valuable American Postal Workers Union asset, and

WHEREAS, a majority of American Postal Workers Union Retiree Department members paid dues for decades, and

WHEREAS, calculating some estimated 35,000 Retiree Department members, paying full dues an average of just twenty-five (25) years, equates to close to a million years of full dues-paying members in the American Postal Workers Union history, and

WHEREAS, currently with five (5) elected national retiree delegates to the American Postal Workers Union National Convention, one in each region, the average representative voting strength is 1 for 8,000 members, therefore be it

Resolved, to amend the American Postal Workers Union Constitution & By-Laws Article 6 “Representation” by adding a new Section 6 and changing current Section 6 to Section 7.   New Section 6 to read: Whenever in Article 6, Section 1. there are references to National Conventions, local, state, or regional affiliates, organizations voting strength/representation such provisions will apply to Chartered Local and State Retiree Chapters with the exception that retiree chapters’ voting strength/representation will be one (1) vote for one-hundred (100) members or fraction thereof.

Retiree Department members who do not dwell within the jurisdiction of a Local or State Retiree Chapter shall be afforded the same cited proportionate representation in accordance with Article 6, Section 1. (f).

I hereby certify that I am the President/Secretary/Secretary-Treasurer of the above named APWU Retiree Chapter.  

 Name:  ____Bobby Donelson______________________                           

 Title: ______Chapter President______________________

The Southwest Coastal Area local will have it regular January Retiree Chapter Meeting on Wednesday, April 20,2022.  Meeting times is 11 AM to 1PM.  The meeting normally is an hour or so.

Meeting Location is Denny’s located at the corner of Tustin and Lincoln in the city of Orange.  Denny’s1695 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865

The Retiree Chapter will cover your breakfast or lunch.

Please RSVP at this e mail address or at 714 206-2931.

Bobby Donelson
Chapter President

The following will be delegates for the 2022 State APWU and National APWU Conventions.